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This line is shifted 3 spaces to
the right of the current margin. Help processes these lines as follows:
This line begins in column 1.
This line begins in
column 6, which is now
the left margin.
This line is shifted 3
spaces to the left of
the current margin.
This line is shifted
3 spaces to the right
of the current margin.
Because the .IL format word causes a break in text, you may find it
useful to indicate the beginning of a new paragraph. For example:
.il 3
This line begins a paragraph il 3
This line begins another.
These lines result in:
This line begins
a paragraph.
This line begins
another. USE OF OFFSETS (.OF FORMAT WORD) In HELP formatting, an offset differs from an indentation in that
offsets do not affect the first line immediately following the format
word; the second and subsequent input lines are indented the specified number of characters. This is useful, for example, when formatting
numbered lists where text is blocked to the right of the number. When a .OF format word is processed, the next text line is printed at
the current left margin and subsequent lines (until the next .OF or .IN
format word) are offset the specified number of characters. For
example, the lines:
.of 5
-----This line begins
a 5-character offset of 5
-----This is another line offset
5 characters sp
.in 5
An indent changes the left margin and cancels the offset of 3
---This paragraph begins
at the new left margin of 3
---Here's one more line. 324.10 IBM VM/370 CMS User's Guide
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-----This line begins a
5-character offset.
-----This is another line
offset 5 characters.
An indent changes
the left margin and
cancels the offset.
---This paragraph
begins at the new
left margin.
---Here's one more line.
An offset can be canceled with the format word of 0 This format word causes a break; subsequent text is printed at the
current left margin, that is, whatever the indention is (0, if no .IN format word is in effect).
Any INDENT for.at word cancels a current offset and resets the left margin. If you specify a positive or negative incre.ent with the INDEBT format word and an offset is in effect, the offset is canceled and the
new left margin is computed from the current indent value.
The .IL (INDENT-LINE) format word uses the current aargin (the indent
value plus the offset value) when computing the margin for the next line.
To achieve a format that has several levels of offsetting, you can
combine the .IN and .OF format words. When you use blank space following the item indicator (for example, the number in a numbered list), HELP may add extra blanks when it
justifies the line; if so, the first line may not be aligned with the
remainder of the offset item. SPACING BETwEEN LINES OF TEXT (.SF FORMAT WORD) If you do not want an input line to be concatenated with the line above
it, you must cause a break. To cause a break in a HELP file, begin a
line with one or more blank characters (by using the space bar on your
terminal keyboard). When HELP reads an input line that begins with a
blank character, the formatting process is interrupted; all of the text
that has· accumulated for the current line is displayed as is, even if aore words would have fit on the line; the next input line begins a new
output line.
To create paragraphs in text, then, all you have to do is to enter
spaces at the beginning of each line that is to begin a new paragraph.
For example, the input lines:
The quick brown
fox came over to greet the lazy poodle.
But the poodle was frightened
and ran away. Section 18. HELP File Naming Conventions and creation 324.11
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